Happy Birthday George!

I made this card for an older gentleman who is a friend of our family...He's turning 80.

When I think of strength and endurance (such as a man turning 80 years old) I think of trees.

So I thought...no better time than now to use the Trendy Trees set from Stampin Up.

Stamps: Trendy Trees - Stampin Up

Paper: craft card stock - Stampin Up

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, chocolate chip - Stampin Up.

Accessories: twine, button

Techniques: white emboss opaque powder - Inkadinkado, faux stitching - white gel pen Uniball Signeo broad.

A book is a Gift!

I always tend to use Stampin Up for my basics, like ink, solid papers & paint.

Which is what I've done here, just simply because you can't lose when matching colours.

You can get a deeper looking embossed image by inking up your embossing folder before you run it through your machine, check out this tutorial by Gina K on stampTV

This card didn't turn out quite the way a I had intended...not too bad though!

Recipe:

Stamps: Hodge Podge of Happiness - The Unity Stamp Co., sentiment - Stamping Bella

Paper: Very Vanilla - Stampin Up, Pretty in Pink - Stampin Up

Ink: Chocolate chip - Stampin Up

Accessories: ribbon & brads - Dollar Store,

Technique: paint: Watercolor pencils Stampin Up, blender pen, Fancy tags - Nestabilities, scalloped square (shape-4-037) - QuicKutz, emboss background: Perfectly Paisley - Cuttlebug, sponged edges & corners with: sponge dauber - Tsukineko

...and i rounded the corners with my We R Memory Keepers corner chomper

Happy Birthday Jsun!

It's always hard to come up with a design for a card that looks masculine.

But I think I succeeded with this one for a male friend of mine...

My idea was inspired from Kristina Werner's blog in her Finally Friday post of January 15, 2010

Recipe:

Stamps: Seashells - Stampin Up, polkadot inkblot - Stamping Bella

Paper: multi-stack(black to white) & The Green Stack - DCWV

Ink: grey - Stampin Up

Accessories: Real Red grossgrain ribbon - Stampin Up, happy birthday metal plate - Dollar store,

faux stitching-white gel pen Uniball Signeo broad.

Technique: paint: Watercolor pencils Stampin Up, blender pen, peony - Nestabilities

Small Kindness!

Recipe:

Stamps: Hodge Podge of Happiness - The Unity Stamp Co.

Paper: white card stock - Staples, Real Red, Burmuda Bay, chocolate chip - stampin up

Ink: Real Red, Burmuda Bay, chocolate chip - Stampin Up.

Ink: Real Red, Burmuda Bay, chocolate chip - Stampin Up

Accessories: twine, staples

Techniques: folded & stapled patterned paper, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Make a Wish!

I got this paper from Winner's and I just had to use it with this stamp from Stamping Bella's LuLu Collection. Its from American Crafts Letterbox collection - The Color of Memories.

Recipe:

Stamps: Bessie Lulu & sentiment - Stamping Bella

Paper: chocolate chip, whisper white - Stampin Up, patterned paper - American Crafts Letter box

Ink: chocolate chip - Stampin Up

Accessories: ribbon, button, paper punch parisian - ek success,

Techniques: paint: Watercolor pencils - Stamping Up, blender pen, tags, peony - Nestabilities

This stamp is the 'Thinking Chair' from Stamping Bella.
There are very few cards featuring this stamp so i thought i would make one!
i also used ink and paper from Stampin Up which is no longer available since they are In Colours from last year...

Recipe:

Stamps: Thinking Chair & sentiment - Stamping Bella

Paper: white card stock - Staples, Whisper white, purely pomegranate - Stampin Up, decorative paper i got at Winners there was no label.

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate chip - Stampin Up, Stazon Black.

Accessories: Dollar store ribbon, brads, fancy tags - Nestabilities

Techniques: paint with blender pen, sponging, embossing.

Wishing you Sinceri-tea!

A Sentimental Greeting Card.
This card has the look of a old fashioned steamer trunck...

Recipe:

Stamps: Cup of Tea - Basic Grey Nook & Pantry collection, Tea Sentiments - Stamping Bella

Paper: Nook & pantry - Basic Grey, Chocolate chip - Stampin Up, kraft paper

Ink: All Stampin Up - chocolate Chip, creamy caramel, ruby red, old olive

Accessories: brads, twine, fancy tags & scalloped oval - Nestabilities

Techniques: treading water punch - Fiskars, faux stitching with white gel pen - Uniball signio broad

Love You Sistahs!

I decided to try Stamping Bella's challenge this week for the 1st time...

It has all to do with Lovey Dovey & Huggy. These HuggyBellas certainly fit the bill.

Although i don't have a significant other, I like to send Valentines wishes to my girlfriends (Sistahs).

Recipe:

Stamps: Huggybellas & Sentiment - Stamping Bella

Paper: kraft card stock, apricot appeal - Stampin Up, Urban prairie - Basic Grey

Ink: Stazon black ink

Accessories: Dollar Store ribbon, Glitter - Stamping Bella.

Techniques: paint: markers, watercolour pencils & blender pen - Stampin up, oval, scalloped oval & fancy tags by Nestabilities

This card needs no sentiment

I love, love, love Stamping Bella's LuLu Collection.
So inspiring!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Harriet (Lulu Collection)

Paper: plain white card stock - Staples, Black card stock - Walmart, Wisteria - Basic Grey, Almost Amethyst - Stampin Up.

Ink: black ink pad.

Accessories: Dollar Store ribbon, Glossy accents - Inksentials Ranger.

Techniques: paint: Stamping Up markers & blender pen, circles & scalloped circles by Nestabilities.

Happy Everything...

I purchased this set from Stampin Up sometime ago, just now got around to making something of it. So here goes...

Recipe:

Stamps: On a pedestal - Stampin Up

Paper: soft suede, rich razzelberry, melon mambo, crushed curry, patterened paper Razzelberry Lemonade -All 'In colours' from Stampin up

Ink: soft suede, rich razzelberry, melon mambo, crushed curry - Stampin Up 'In colour'

Accessories: ribbon - 1/2" polka-dot grosgrain ribbon - Stampin Up 'In colour', gloss

Techniques: Ovals & scalloped ovals - Nestabilities, treading water punch - Fiskars

...and i rounded the corners with my We R Memory Keepers corner chomper

Maisy Sunshine - Stamping Bella

Maisy Sunshine...she's so magical!
glitter on her wings collar, and pants.
This is a card is bigger than usual its 6" x 6" the layout needed the extra space.
Also my first crack at colouring with Stampin Up watercolor pencils. I think they'll get alot of use from now on...

Recipe:

Stamps: Maisy Sunshine & sentiment - Stamping Bella

Paper: Embossed paper stack -DCWV, Nook & pantry, Urban prairie - Basic Grey, pink paper - Walmart brand

Ink: black ink pad

Accessories: ribbon-Dollar store, button, paper punch parisian - ek success, faux stitching-white gel pen Uniball Signeo broad.

Techniques: paint: Watercolor pencils - Stamping Up, blender pen, tags, peony - Nestabilities.